Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                       HOUSE BILL NO. 1806
                              103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                            INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHARP (37).

    5490H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                               AN ACT
    To amend chapter 571, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the offense of
          unlawful use of a firearm by a minor, with penalty provisions.


    Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Chapter 571, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2   known as section 571.034, to read as follows:
           571.034. 1. A person under eighteen years of age commits the offense of
2   unlawful use of a firearm by a minor if such person knowingly carries concealed upon
3   or about his or her person a firearm.
4          2. The offense of unlawful use of a firearm by a minor is a class D misdemeanor.
5          3. Upon conviction or a plea of guilty for an offense under this section, the court
6   shall order the immediate confiscation of the firearm. The court may issue any other
7   order allowed under section 571.095 in felony cases, and the procedures outlined in
8   section 571.095 shall apply.
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    EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
    intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

Statutes affected: 
Introduced (5490H.01): 571.034